Porsche 911 Turbo S Stomps Dodge Challenger Demon in Drag Race
Demon was made to win a drag race right? Despite giving it every advantage, it saw nothing but the tail of the Turbo S.
Porsche has never really been about winning a drag race. Endurance races, sure, that is where Porsche shines. However, most Porsche owners don’t live their lives a quarter mile at a time. That doesn’t mean they can’t compete on a dragstrip. Especially when you are talking about the 992 Turbo S. That car is astonishingly quick and has already proven its mettle in a straight-line race against exotics. But how would it compare to the Dodge Challenger Demon? The sole purpose of the Demon is to win drag races. Heck it even came with an optional Demon Crate that included front wheels specifically designed for the dragstrip. It is said that the Demon can even do wheelies off the line. On race gas it generates 840 horsepower. The Turbo S is quick but also comfortable and can handle real world scenarios such as bends in the road.
Surely the well-rounded Porsche can’t compete with the singular in purpose Demon that is in its element. Well, the folks at carwow decided to find out. They pitted these two cars up against each other in several drag races. The results were shared for the world to see on their YouTube channel. Mopar fans might want to give this one a skip. The results were so uneven it was difficult to even grab an image for this story that showed both cars in the same frame.
To be fair to the Demon, the race was not done on a prepared surface. It also was a bit cold and damp. They also decided to not use race gas so the horsepower was limited to 808. That being said, it was wearing rear drag radials, and still up nearly 170 horsepower on the Porsche. The races from a dig had the Porsche finishing bus lengths ahead of the Dodge. Porsche put up a time of 10.2 seconds and the best the Demon could manage was an 11.3.
Mat Watson of carwow was tired of getting trounced so he suggested a rolling race from 50 mph. It didn’t help him much. “That Porsche, once it hooks up its just going.” Says a defeated Watson. Next up he suggests a rolling start and requests the cars start in fourth gear. This is the best showing for the Demon. It pulls on the Turbo S at the start but the Porsche begins to reel it in at higher speeds. It is clearly going to pass the Demon when Watson calls the race because his car hit the 164-mph speed limiter. We never heard of a race being called because the car couldn’t go any faster. However, Watson said “I am giving that to the Challenger. Its gotta have something.” Sounds like a participation trophy to us.
The final performance competition is a brake test. From 70 mph to zero, which car will stop in the shortest distance? This race was actually closer than we thought. The Demon did well here but still takes a couple feet longer to stop than the Turbo S. So outside of a sympathy victory, the Demon came up empty against the mighty Turbo S in every measurable test. There was one subjective test that the Demon did win. That is the best exhaust note competition. The Turbo S is rather muted, especially given how fast it is. Watson sums up his thoughts on the Porsche exhaust note by saying: “That’s rubbish.”
Rubbish exhaust note or not the Porsche showed that in the real world with real conditions, it can out drag race a car that was born to drag race. If this race was on a road course the Dodge would suffer even more. Yes the Porsche is significantly more expensive but it does everything as good or better than its competitors. It is hard to call a car costing over $200,000 a bargain, but the 911 Turbo S is tough to beat.
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